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TECHNOLOGY

duce its cycle times. “Our customers reflow process, so the firm stresses phy (SLA) or Digital Light Processing
will experience ultra-quick turn prod- the importance of agility for custom- (DLP) 3D printing resins which are
ucts and we can increase our market er-specific applications that necessi- less prone to dimensional bleeding or
share,” added Yoner. tate a range of non-standard parts for instability. In practice, the company
small production runs. anticipates that the medical commu-
The motivation behind launching this
new material According to Mechnano, manufac- nity will implement its flexible new
turing such parts using conventional material as a method of 3D printing
Testing of C-Lite has been conducted extremely lifelike, patient-specific
on several applications, including a manufacturing techniques might slow anatomical models with broad clinical
custom carrier. Electronics manufac- down production and raise costs be- training applications.
turing company Trilogy-Net ran the cause the conventional materials load-
component through the standard re- ed with carbon fiber in the parts “do Elsewhere, US-based ultrafast poly-
flow ovens and Vapor Phase, reporting not preserve today’s electronics”. mer 3D printing solutions provider
no variations in dimensions or flatness Impact of resin 3D printing on the ad- Nexa3D released an ESD-safe resin
throughout a single cycle. Mechnano ditive manufacturing sector for manufacturing static-dissipa-
claims that Trilogy-Net verified the Previously, glass, electronics, chemi- tive components using Mechnano’s
MechT technology. According to the
lack of shrinkage, cracking, softening, cals, and ceramics manufacturer company, Mechnano’s technology is
or warping after the component went AGC Inc. created a biocompatible assisted by over a decade of develop-
through the reflow oven 50 times.
non-cytotoxic urethane acrylate oli- ment and research, as well as 120+
Mechnano claims that additive manu- gomer that can be 3D printed into issued and pending patents. The novel
facturing will enable the electronics ultra-realistic patient-specific organ Nexa3D xESD provides fundamental
industry to respond to client queries models. AGC Inc. created a material static-dissipative performance along
more quickly, like fabricating ESD with a low storage modulus without with isotropic mechanical characteris-
parts to assist the reflow process. the need for plasticizers including its tics that are critical in the electronics
Consumers frequently demand cus- new oligomer. As a result, ‘U-FINE manufacturing industry. According to
tom carriers/pallets to retain printed LD-301’ can serve as the foundation Nexa3D, the material can also be em-
ployed when managing critical electri-
cal parts on the production floor.
According to Nexa3D, the xESD
meets the demand for rapid manu-
facturing and prototyping by allowing
users to rapidly develop different fix-
tures, grippers, assembly aids, and en-
closures without fear of ESD damag-
ing expensive electrical parts. Carbon
nanotubes that have been detangled
and separated can be spread through-
out an additive manufacturing mate-
rial without re-clumping using MechT
technology. Aside from ESD, the pro-
duced separate tubes can be created
to fit specific performance needs and
offer previously unattainable perfor-
mance, such as a 50% rise in tensile
strength, a 200% rise in toughness,
and an 850% rise in tear resistance.

wiring compositions throughout the for non-cytotoxic stereolithogra-

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